72-Year-Old Sentenced To 25 Years For Bolingbrook Home Invasion

BOLINGBROOK, IL — A 72-year-old man has been sentenced to 25 years in the Illinois Department of Corrections after a 2016 home invasion in Bolingbrook, according to a release from the Will County State's Attorney's Office.

William McGuire Jr., 72, of Carol Stream, was sentenced Monday to 25 years by Will County Circuit Judge Daniel Rippy for one count of home invasion and one count of criminal trespass to residence.

The 25-year sentence follows a bench trial that began in December 2021 and ended in February.

The state's attorney's office said that the victim was at her home in Bolingbrook on Sept. 28, 2016, when she saw McGuire at her front door. When the victim opened the door, McGuire forced his way into her home with a weapon and grabbed her. The victim was able to free herself from McGuire’s grasp and run to a neighbor’s house to call 911.

During the home invasion, McGuire wore sunglasses, but was identified by the victim someone she had just seen at Jewel, according to the state's attorney's office. Surveillance footage from Jewel was found showing McGuire at Jewel shortly before the attack.

As part of Monday's sentencing, the state flew in one of McGuire’s previous victims from Arizona who testified about the assault she suffered back in 1973, the state's attorney's office said.

“William McGuire Jr. is an incredibly dangerous predator who made a violent entry into the victim’s home after following her from the grocery store.” Will County State's Attorney James Glasgow said in a release. “She miraculously escaped after a life and death struggle. This sentence guarantees he will never again prey upon innocent women as he stares at the dark, cold walls of his prison cell.”